title: [Mediastinal goiter; report of a case].
abstract: A 76-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on chest computed tomography (CT) which showed the tumor extending from left lower end of the thyroid to the aortic window along the left side of the trachea, indicating the retrosternal goiter. Serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (FT3) and free thyroxine (FT4) were within normal ranges. The tumor was resected through cervical collar incision and median sternotomy. The pathological diagnosis was an adenomatous goiter. The patient was discharged without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hokka
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamimura
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*